Counsel for the Defense
1925 film by Burton L. King
- December 6, 1925 (1925-12-06)
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Counsel for the Defense is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, and House Peters. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Leroy Scott.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] two men who wish to give the town's waterworks into the hands of a private company are opposed by Doc West, an old doctor. To clear the path for their scheme, they have the doctor arrested and charged with bribery. No local lawyer wishes to oppose the powerful schemers, so the doctor's daughter Katherine defends him. He loses his case, but the young woman unearths evidence against his enemies, clears his name, and has the others brought to justice.
Cast
- Jay Hunt as Doc West
- Betty Compson as Katherine West
- House Peters as Arnold Bruce
- Rockliffe Fellowes as Harrison Blake
- Emmett King as Harvey Sherman
- Bernard Randall as Stephen Marcy
- George MacDonald as Hosea Hollingsworth
- William Conklin as Thomas Burke
- Joan Standing as Printer's Devil
Preservation
With no prints of Counsel for the Defense located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Counsel for the Defense at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Counsel for the Defense
- ^ "New Pictures: Counsel for the Defense", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (12), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 68, December 12, 1925, retrieved December 2, 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Counsel for the Defense
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Counsel for the Defense.
- Counsel for the Defense at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Burton L. King
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- The Black Butterfly (1916)
- Extravagance (1916)
- The Eternal Question (1916)
- The Spell of the Yukon (1916)
- The Devil at His Elbow (1916)
- More Truth Than Poetry (1917)
- Public Defender (1917)
- The Waiting Soul (1917)
- The Silence Sellers (1917)
- The Soul of a Magdalen (1917)
- To the Death (1917)
- Her Husband's Honor (1918)
- Treason (1918)
- The Master Mystery (1918)
- The Lost Battalion (1919)
- A Scream in the Night (1919)
- Why Women Sin (1920)
- For Love or Money (1920)
- Everyman's Price (1921)
- The Man from Beyond (1922)
- The Streets of New York (1922)
- The Empty Cradle (1923)
- The Fair Cheat (1923)
- None So Blind (1923)
- The Man Without a Heart (1924)
- The Masked Dancer (1924)
- The Truth About Women (1924)
- Playthings of Desire (1924)
- Those Who Judge (1924)
- Counsel for the Defense (1925)
- The Mad Dancer (1925)
- The Police Patrol (1925)
- Ermine and Rhinestones (1925)
- A Little Girl in a Big City (1925)
- A Bowery Cinderella (1927)
- Broadway Madness (1927)
- The House of Shame (1928)
- The Adorable Cheat (1928)
- Broken Barriers (1928)
- Manhattan Knights (1928)
- Satan and the Woman (1928)
- Women Who Dare (1928)
- Daughters of Desire (1929)
- The Dream Melody (1929)
- In Old California (1929)
- When Lightning Strikes (1934)
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